In Time Page #3

Huh.

I heard another man talk like that.

It was over 20 years ago.

You're probably too young

to remember your father.

We'll arrange safe transport.

This is New Greenwich, after all.

Sylvia? Do as I say and go with the guards.

Oh, for God's sake, Father.

There's an army in this house.

If we can't stop one man from killing us,

we should kill ourselves.

Stop him!

Move! Get out of the way!

Put it down or I'll blow her head off.

Thanks.

You're going to kill us!

Please just let me out!

What are you doing?

Do you even know how to drive?

What's there to know?

Oh, sh*t.

Give me some time.

I guess you really are

from the ghetto, after all.

What the hell do you know about

where I'm from? Give me some time.

Or you're gonna kill me,

like you killed Henry Hamilton?

Lend me an hour.

I'm not giving you a second.

I should have listened to my father.

Please, take me home. Please.

- I can't do that.

- Why?

You're keeping me alive.

Keep that covered.

Anybody sees it, you're definitely dead.

Now that worked too well.

You guys wasted a gorgeous car.

Look who it is.

Who it was.

He's done in minutes.

He'll wake up dead. That'll be a shock.

Too bad. I would have preferred to

kill him more beautifully.

The girl's still breathing.

She's got a decade.

Holy sh*t.

The man he stole from me

had more than a century.

What? We'll divide it later.

It's like an angel fell from the sky.

Fortis!

Leave it!

Fortis!

Look at me.

You okay?

No.

Why are you laughing?

We're not dead.

Yeah, we're not alive for long, either.

Where did my time go? I have a half hour!

Ah.

You're lucky.

- Minutemen.

- Does everyone in the ghetto steal?

That's rich, coming from you.

- Please help me, Will.

- Let me guess,

now you like the idea of sharing.

Come here.

Hey, don't worry. It's not the

first time I've been this broke.

Well, it's a first for me.

What are we going to do?

Whatever we have to.

Come on, we got to go.

Dispatch, wire me my per diem.

Time transfer.

Cutting it close again, sir.

Well, I'm still walking around.

Judging by the lack of dead bodies,

I have to assume they are also.

They got jacked. They couldn't have

left here with more than minutes.

He's back in his old neighborhood.

So, where do you want us to start looking?

We don't. He'll come to us.

Borel?

Borel, open up. it's Will.

Greta.

Where's Borel?

He's dead.

Dead? What?

You gave him a decade.

He drank himself to death

with nine years on his clock.

Jesus Christ.

Greta, I'm so sorry.

Goodbye, Will.

Will, we have minutes.

Try not to act like it.

- What is that supposed to mean?

- Shut up!

We're going to die, Will!

Do you want to die?

Shut up!

I hope those are real. Run.

Stop! Wait!

Please, wait!

Come back in an hour.

That won't be possible.

Here!

I'll give you two days for them.

They're diamonds.

You can take the 48 hours,

or you can be a pretty corpse.

We'll take it.

Don't make a sound.

Give me my time.

Let's go.

I guess I got my wish.

I did do something foolish.

Your name's on a lot of buildings.

It's my father's name.

How much is he worth, anyway?

Eons.

What do you think he'd pay to get you back?

You have no shame, do you?

Please deposit one minute.

Dial.

Hello.

Mr. Weis, please give the phone

to the Timekeeper.

Hello, Will. How much do you want?

A thousand years.

You'll never live to spend it.

Then distribute it

to the Time Lines in Dayton.

Do it by sunrise tomorrow

and she can go home.

Will...

I'm afraid for you, Will.

You keep talking like him,

you're going to die like him.

My father died in a fight,

trying to take a man's time.

Oh, no. His crime wasn't taking time.

He was doing something

far more dangerous.

Please don't make your father's mistake.

Dayton. Padre Plaza.

I know it.

A thousand years to the Time Lines.

A thousand years.

It's nothing.

It's for our daughter.

No, it's for them.

This is insane.

They can take your time, just like that.

Or you can take theirs.

This is insane.

Yeah, it's insane.

We should be safe here until dawn.

I pay by the day.

It'll take them a while to find me.

This is your place?

There's water.

It's cold, but it's something.

You can put on fresh clothes.

Where's your family?

My mother timed out.

This is her dress.

Yeah.

What about your father?

He died when I was a boy.

He was a fighter. Strong arm.

He wasn't the strongest,

but he knew how to win.

How do you win?

I'll show you.

What you do is let them

have the upper hand.

Then, he'd let his time go all the way down.

Because he knew

that when you were

down to your last seconds

and they think it's over,

they start watching your clock

and forget to watch their own.

He died in a fight?

I think he was killed

for giving away what he won.

He wasn't just giving them time.

He was giving them hope.

How long have you been this old?

Twenty-five for three.

Twenty-five for two.

What was it like when your clock started?

I was in the street.

It almost knocked me over.

My year was gone in a week,

we were so in debt.

After that, I lived day to day.

Mine was a little different.

It woke me.

I looked in the mirror.

I guess everybody does.

That's what you're gonna look like

for the rest of your life.

My dad gave me a decade to celebrate.

You must hate me.

Where I come from.

It's nobody's fault, what they're born with.

They open in a minute.

Let's see how generous your father is now.

The Timekeepers would

have never let him do it.

You don't have to say that.

How do you think my father

built all those buildings?

By giving away a thousand years?

Now what?

You can go home.

There's people on the streets.

I can move without being spotted.

What have you got?

Eleven hours.

How does anyone live like this?

You don't generally sleep in.

You can call for help.

I'll watch from here,

I'll make sure you're safe.

You know, you could fight this.

I can say that running to

the ghetto was my idea.

My father'd believe that,

he thinks I'm reckless.

He has a lot of influence, Will.

He can get you a lawyer.

He can make a deal with those Timekeepers.

I'm pretty sure

that Timekeeper doesn't make deals.

What are you going to do?

Steal?

Is it stealing if it's already stolen?

Here. Just in case.

I'll be right here.

Please deposit

one minute.

- Father?

- Sylvia?

You couldn't spare a second, Father?

I wish I could say I'm surprised.

Did you hear what I just said?

You know I'd do anything for you.

They're coming to get you.

They know where you are.

Will, look out!

Sorry to disappoint you,

we don't keep much on us.

To discourage thieves like you.

Think of this as a gift.

Will! Come on!

I didn't mean to shoot him.

I wanted to scare him.

I think you did both.

You could say thank you.

Thank you. What have you got?

Nine hours.

Why did you give him time?

You should have taken it.

Timekeepers live day to day.

It'll be hours before the others show up.

He could die in the ghetto.

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